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We’re completely enamoured with this month’s featured producers: husband and wife team David & Karen Richards. We sent some questions down to Dorset about their award-winning charcuterie: Tell us about the origins of Capreolus David says: I’d earned my living as a professional salesman before Karen and I decided to launch Capreolus in early 2009 […]

Asparagus The shop is already overflowing with asparagus this month and the UK’s season has started early thanks to a warm March: you find purple, white Italian, English, baby, wild and more. Roast in the oven and sprinkling lemon juice and freshly grated parmesan over the top or char and serve with smoked salmon. Morel […]

A Panzer’s bestseller in store, this comforting and healthy soup is the perfect transitional meal from winter to spring! Serves 6.  Ingredients: 1 large shallots(julienne) 2 celery sticks (sliced) 1 garlic clove (sliced) 1/2 leek (julianne) 1 fennel (sliced) 1 bunch spring greens (finely chopped) 1/2 hispi cabbage or savoy cabbage (finely chopped) 1/2 bunch […]

Quite possibly the best kept secret in our dessert fridge. Founders Giles and Steve racked up a combined 30 years of expertise in the chocolate industry before founding their fresh chocolate brand, Russell & Atwell. They asked themselves a key question: “If everything tastes better fresh, why are people still eating long-life chocolate?” And we […]

WILD GARLIC Best foraged when young, March is peak wild garlic season. While pungent in flavour, it is gentler in flavour. Wonderful paired with salmon. Blitz with walnuts, olive oil and parmesan for a delicious wild garlic pesto. (Keep an eye out for Panzer’s Own Wild Garlic Pesto in store soon…) Or roll it into […]

A remarkable olive oil from one of our favourite places on earth: Corfu. We spoke to owner Apostolos Porsanidis-Kavvadias about the sustainable family farm he is building in memory of his grandfather. Tell us about the origins of Dr Kavvadia Olive Oil Dr. Kavvadia was my grandfather, an orthopaedic surgeon and olive oil aficionado. He […]

We are thrilled to be launching Dr Pia Winberg’s PhycoHealth Seaweed Sciences products at Panzer’s this month. Over some 20 years of research as a marine ecologist in Australia, Pia has shown how seaweed fills the gap for so many missing nutrients in our diets. An excellent source of protein, iron and so much more, […]

Freshly sliced pink grapefruit

GRAPEFRUIT High in nutrients and antioxidants. Low in calories. And a perfectly pink January pick me up. Eat a half for breakfast in the morning to kick start the system. Pair with soy sauce for an excellent chicken marinade. Or toss in a salad with cooked shrimp. LEEKS January marks the end of the long […]

Thanksgiving bites_Gemma Sokol

A Thanksgiving appetiser recipe Nothing’s better than that glorious moment when you take the turkey out of the oven to let it rest … But let’s face it, turkeys need to rest for a while. To keep everyone going until you can sit down to feast, we asked SW London food photographer & blogger (and California […]

A few favourites which will be appearing in the greengrocers though the course of this month! Bergamot Best known as the magical citrus touch in Earl Grey tea, Bergamot is having a bit of a hey-day. While bitter and inedible plain, replace the lemon juice & zest in your favourite roast chicken recipe or zest […]